verb
kukleuamō
Strong’sG2944
I encircle, besiege, surround
stem kukleu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κυκλεύω
(< κύκλος), [in LXX: IV Ki 3:25 B (סבב)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2944 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoo-klo'-o
to encircle, i.e. surround
Fromfrom the same as G2945;
King Jamescompass (about), come (stand) round about.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ώσω Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect κεκύκλωκα Refs 2nd c.BC+:— middle, future -ώσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐκυκλωσάμην Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, future κυκλωθήσομαιRefs 1st c.BC+: perfect κεκύκλωμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐκυκλώθην Refs 5th c.BC+: (κύκλος):—encircle, surround, Ὠκεανὸς.. κυκλοῖ χθόνα Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅταν κυκλώσωσι [τοὺς ἰχθῦς] Refs 4th c.BC+:—more frequently in middle, κυκλώσασθαί τινας Refs 5th c.BC+ by an enveloping movement, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be surrounded, Refs 5th c.BC+ —joined with middle, εἰ οἱ κυκλούμενοι κυκλωθεῖεν X. [prev. cited]
2 go round, τὸ θυσιαστήριον LXX:—passive, κυκλωθεὶς τὸν Ἀδρίαν Refs 1st c.BC+
II move in a circle, whirl round, Refs 7th c.BC+ revolves, agitates, Refs 4th c.BC+:—middle, hurl, βέλη Refs 4th c.AD+ —passive (or middle), go in a circle, Refs 5th c.BC+; dance or whirl round, Refs 4th c.BC+
III form into a circle, κ. τόξα Refs 1st c.BC+:—passive, form a circle, of a bow, Refs 5th c.BC+; also [τάφρος] περὶ τὸ πεδίον κυκλωθεῖσα being drawn in a circle, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV absolutely, κυκλώσατε ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα κύκλῳ LXX; ἐκύκλωσα ἐγὼ καὶ ἡ καρδία μου τοῦ γνῶναιLXX
V ={λακκίζειν}, {ἀμπέλους} Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| kukleualaἐκύκλευσαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | surrounded | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kukleuamō | kukleuame | kukleuami | kukleuama | kukleuamē | kukleuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kukleuasō | kukleuase | kukleuasi | kukleuasa | kukleuasē | kukleuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kukleuatō | kukleuate | kukleuati | kukleuata | kukleuatē | kukleuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kukleuanō | kukleuane | kukleuani | kukleuana | kukleuanē | kukleuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kukleuavō | kukleuave | kukleuavi | kukleuava | kukleuavē | kukleuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kukleualō | kukleuale | kukleuali | kukleuala1×ἐκύκλευσαν | kukleualē | kukleualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kukleuameiō | kukleuameia | kukleuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kukleuaseiō | kukleuaseia | kukleuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kukleuateiō | kukleuateia | kukleuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kukleuaneiō | kukleuaneia | kukleuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kukleuaveiō | kukleuaveia | kukleuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kukleualeiō | kukleualeia | kukleualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kukleuasōr | kukleuasar | kukleuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kukleuatōr | kukleuatar | kukleuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kukleuavōr | kukleuavar | kukleuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kukleualōr | kukleualar | kukleualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kukleuamoiō | kukleuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kukleuasoiō | kukleuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kukleuatoiō | kukleuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kukleuanoiō | kukleuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kukleuavoiō | kukleuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kukleualoiō | kukleualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kukleuarō | kukleuari | kukleuara | kukleuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kukleuarōntos | kukleuarintos | kukleuarantos | kukleuarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
kukleu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
kukleuala“surrounded”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Revelation 20:9… epi tem platem tau gēau, kai kukleuala tan parembolan toiu hagioiu kai tan …… broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and …